Southwest Benton, Oregon

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Population (year 2000): 3,310

Males: 1,614	(48.8%)
Females: 1,696	(51.2%)

Baker County

Median resident age:	41.9 years
Oregon median age:	36.3 years

Estimated median household income in 2005: $45,900 (it was $47,340 in 2000)

Southwest Benton	$45,900
Oregon:	$42,944

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $199,700 (it was $167,900 in 2000)

Southwest Benton	$199,700
Oregon:	$201,200

Southwest Benton, OR residents, houses, and apartments details

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Races in Southwest Benton:

White Non-Hispanic (96.1%)
Hispanic (1.9%)
Two or more races (1.4%)
Other race (0.8%)

Current Local Time: PST time zone

Elevation: 4090 feet

Land area: 242.9 square miles.

Population density: 14 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Southwest Benton

High school or higher: 85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 34.4%
Graduate or professional degree: 13.2%
Unemployed: 0.7%
Mean travel time to work: 26.6 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Southwest Benton CCD

Never married: 21.6%
Now married: 64.3%
Separated: 0.2%
Widowed: 5.9%
Divorced: 8.2%

21 residents are foreign born

This place:	0.6%
Oregon:	8.5%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Southwest Benton:	0.8% ($1,291)
Oregon:	1.1% ($1,687)

Southwest Benton satellite photo by USGS

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Eugene, OR (39.4 miles , pop. 137,893).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Northwest Clackamas, OR (93.5 miles , pop. 224,220).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (798.2 miles , pop. 3,694,820).

Nearest cities: Philomath, OR (15.8 miles ), Southeast Benton, OR (15.9 miles ), Eddyville, OR (16.9 miles ), Monroe, OR (18.9 miles ), North Benton, OR (21.2 miles ), Corvallis, OR (22.0 miles ), Middle Siuslaw-Triangle Lake, OR (24.4 miles ), Badger Mountain, OR (27.5 miles ).

Latitude: 44.42 N, Longitude: 123.56 W

3 people in other noninstitutional group quarters

Most common industries for males:

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (16%)
Construction (14%)
Educational services (11%)
Computer and electronic products (7%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
Wood products (4%)
Repair and maintenance (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (16%)
Educational services (15%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
Construction (6%)
Accommodation and food services (5%)
Computer and electronic products (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (6%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
Computer specialists (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Computer specialists (4%)
Other healthcare support occupations (4%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)

Hospitals/medical centers near Southwest Benton:

GOOD SAMARITAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CTR (about 24 miles; CORVALLIS, OR)
SAMARITAN PACIFIC COMMUNITIES HOSPITAL (about 34 miles; NEWPORT, OR)
VALLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 39 miles; DALLAS, OR)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Southwest Benton:

CORVALLIS MUNI (about 20 miles; CORVALLIS, OR; ID: CVO)
MAHLON SWEET FIELD (about 32 miles; EUGENE, OR; ID: EUG)
NEWPORT MUNI (about 36 miles; NEWPORT, OR; ID: ONP)

Other public-use airports nearest to Southwest Benton:

TOLEDO STATE (about 29 miles; TOLEDO, OR; ID: 5S4)
WAKONDA BEACH STATE (about 37 miles; WALDPORT, OR; ID: R33)
ALBANY MUNI (about 38 miles; ALBANY, OR; ID: S12)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Southwest Benton:

OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY (about 22 miles; CORVALLIS, OR; Full-time enrollment: 15,404)
WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY (about 32 miles; MONMOUTH, OR; FT enrollment: 4,209)
LANE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 42 miles; EUGENE, OR; FT enrollment: 5,853)
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON (about 44 miles; EUGENE, OR; FT enrollment: 16,239)
WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY (about 56 miles; SALEM, OR; FT enrollment: 2,325)
CHEMEKETA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 60 miles; SALEM, OR; FT enrollment: 5,253)
LINN-BENTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 69 miles; ALBANY, OR; FT enrollment: 3,057)

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Notable locations in Southwest Benton: Alsea Guard Station (A), Alsea Mountain Roadside Rest Area (B), Alsea River Fish Hatchery (C), Yew Wood Camp (D), Beaver Creek Seed Orchard (E), Marys Peak Recreation Site (F), Marys Peak Viewpoint (G), Marys Wayside Recreation Site (H), Connors Camp Recreation Site (I), Missouri Bend School (J), Schreiber Lodge Boy Scout Camp (K). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Emerich Cemetery (1), Powell Cemetery (2), Pleasant Valley Cemetery (3), Alsea Cemetery (4), Lone Fir Cemetery (5), Armstrong Cemetery (6). Display/hide their locations on the map

Reservoirs and swamps: Gygi and Engle Reservoir (A), Watkins Pond (B), North Fork Reservoir (C), Cedar Swamp (D). Display/hide their locations on the map

Rivers and creeks: Mercer Creek (A), Kiser Creek (B), Mill Creek (C), Kimble Ridge Creek (D), Kiger Creek (E), Moss Creek (F), Narrow Creek (G), North Fork Alsea River (H), Little Lobster Creek (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Parks in Southwest Benton include: Campbell County Park (1), Noble Fir Management Buffer Zone (2), Missouri Bend Recreation Site (3), Salmonberry County Park & Campground (4), Mill Creek County Park (5), Marys Peak Botanical Special Interest Area (6), Clemens County Park (7), Rock Creek City Park (8), Corvallis Watershed Wild Animal Refuge (9). Display/hide their locations on the map

Post office: Alsea Post Office (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Average household size:

This place:	2.7 people
Oregon:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This place:	66.2%
Whole state:	65.8%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This place:	5.1%
Whole state:	6.3%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
Gay men: 0.2% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This place:	8.3%
Whole state:	11.6%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This place:	3.2%
Whole state:	5.0%

Southwest Benton compared to Oregon state average:

Median house value above state average.
Unemployed percentage significantly below state average.
Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
Median age above state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
Renting percentage below state average.

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Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

2004 Presidential Election results in Baker County Oregon:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

8.00% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($37,187 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	8.00%
Oregon average:	8.89%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Union County, OR	0.74% ($25,975 average AGI)
from Deschutes County, OR	0.42% ($30,174)
from Multnomah County, OR	0.28% ($32,600)

7.72% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($26,540 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	7.72%
Oregon average:	7.91%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Union County, OR	0.85% ($28,022 average AGI)
to Ada County, ID	0.56% ($25,033)
to Multnomah County, OR	0.35% ($37,211)

Strongest AM radio stations in Southwest Benton:

KPNW (1120 AM; 50 kW; EUGENE, OR; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
KZTU (660 AM; 10 kW; JUNCTION CITY, OR; Owner: PAMPLIN BROADCASTING-OREGON, INC.)
KDUN (1030 AM; 50 kW; REEDSPORT, OR; Owner: PAMPLIN BROADCASTING-OREGON, INC.)
KOAC (550 AM; 5 kW; CORVALLIS, OR; Owner: OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING)
KPOJ (620 AM; 50 kW; PORTLAND, OR; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
KXL (750 AM; 50 kW; PORTLAND, OR; Owner: ROSE CITY RADIO CORPORATION)
KUGN (590 AM; 5 kW; EUGENE, OR; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
KPAM (860 AM; 50 kW; TROUTDALE, OR; Owner: PAMPLIN BROADCASTING-OREGON, INC.)
KEX (1190 AM; 50 kW; PORTLAND, OR; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
KOTK (1080 AM; 50 kW; PORTLAND, OR; Owner: FISHER BROADCASTING - PORTLAND RADIO, L.L.C.)
KGRV (700 AM; 25 kW; WINSTON, OR; Owner: PACIFIC CASCADE COMMUNICATIONS CORP.)
KKSN (1520 AM; 50 kW; OREGON CITY, OR; Owner: ENTERCOM PORTLAND LICENSE, LLC)
KWIP (880 AM; 5 kW; DALLAS, OR; Owner: JUPITER COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)

Strongest FM radio stations in Southwest Benton:

KDUK-FM (104.7 FM; FLORENCE, OR; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
KFLY (101.5 FM; CORVALLIS, OR; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
K207BX (89.3 FM; EUGENE, OR; Owner: PENSACOLA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, INC.)
KHPE (107.9 FM; ALBANY, OR; Owner: INTEGRITY MEDIA, INC.)
K264AA (100.7 FM; CORVALLIS, ETC., OR; Owner: THE KBOO FOUNDATION)
KLOO-FM (106.3 FM; CORVALLIS, OR; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
K203BT (88.5 FM; EUGENE, OR; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
K214CI (90.7 FM; EUGENE, OR; Owner: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION)
K276BU (103.1 FM; CORVALLIS, OR; Owner: OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING)
K243AL (96.5 FM; CORVALLIS, OR; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
KRKT-FM (99.9 FM; ALBANY, OR; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
KSND (95.1 FM; LINCOLN CITY, OR; Owner: RADIO BEAM, LLC)
KODZ (99.1 FM; EUGENE, OR; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
K228DT (93.5 FM; HAPPY HOLLOW, OR; Owner: OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING)
KWVZ (91.5 FM; FLORENCE, OR; Owner: OREGON STATE BOARD OF HIGHER ED.)
KLVU (107.1 FM; SWEET HOME, OR; Owner: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION)
KKNU (93.1 FM; SPRINGFIELD-EUGENE, OR; Owner: MCKENZIE RIVER BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
KMGE (94.5 FM; EUGENE, OR; Owner: MCKENZIE RIVER BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
KUJZ (95.3 FM; CRESWELL, OR; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
KZEL-FM (96.1 FM; EUGENE, OR; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)

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